Articles

E.g., 2026-08
Title Abstract Author Volume Issue Date Publishedsort ascending Geographic Identifier Subject Areas
World Bank President Announces Reorganization for Anti-Corruption Work   On December 19, 2013, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim announced that the World Bank is establishing a new division to combat corruption as part of a major reorganization.[1]   Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 Afghanistan, China, United States, World Corruption, International Organizations, World Bank
Secretary of State Kerry Warns Texas Over Plan to Execute Another Mexican On December 11, 2013, counsel for Mexican national, Edgar Arias Tamayo, in a letter requested Texas Governor Rick Perry to grant him a 30-day reprieve and petitioned the Texas Board of Pardons and... Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 Mexico, United States Human Rights
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Adjournment in Kenyatta Trial Which Is Unraveling  On December 19, 2013, the ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda asked for an adjournment in the trial of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta, which is in danger of completely unraveling due to witnesses... Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 Kenya International Criminal Court
Snowden Offers to Help Brazil on U.S. Surveillance in Exchange for Asylum On December 18, 2013, the media revealed that Edward J. Snowden, the former contractor for the National Security Agency now living temporarily in Russia, has sent an “open letter”... Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 Brazil, Russia, United States Extradition
SFO Starts Foreign Bribery Investigations of Rolls-Royce On December 23, 2013, Britain’s Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced it had started a criminal investigation into accusations of bribery and corruption at Rolls-Royce, which makes jet engines... Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 British Commonwealth, China, Indonesia, United Kingdom Corruption
Brazilian Extradition of Misick to Turks & Caicos Imminent As New Prosecutions Will Be Brought in the New Year  As 2013 drew to a close, the Brazilian extradition of former Premier Michael Eugene Misick and the prosecution of addition former politicians for corruption were imminent in the Turks &... Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 Brazil, Turks and Caicos, United States Corruption, Extradition
U.S. Allows India Diplomat to Leave the U.S. After Indictment for Fraud On December 12, 2013, the arrest and treatment thereafter of Indian deputy consul general Devyani Khobragade in New York has caused retaliatory action by the Indian government and significant... Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 India, United States Immunity, Jurisdiction
UN General Assembly Adopts Anti-Surveillance Resolution Deeply concerned that electronic surveillance, interception of digital communications and collection of personal data may negatively impact human rights, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA... Michael Plachta 30 3 2014-03-01 Australia, Brazil, Germany, United Kingdom, United States Human Rights, Privacy, United Nations
Justice Department Program for Voluntary Compliance for Swiss Banks Produces Many Participants as Initial Deadline Passes As the initial deadline of December 31, 2013 passed for Swiss banks to participate in the Voluntary Compliance program for Swiss banks, it has produced a lot of applications by Swiss banks, guidance... Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 Switzerland, United States Tax Enforcement
U.S. Attorney in N. Jersey Announces Unsealing of Foreign Bribery Charges Against Former CEOs of Oil Services Company On January 6, 2014, U.S. Attorney Paul J. Fishman of the District of New Jersey, Acting Assistant Attorney General Mythili Raman of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and Special... Bruce Zagaris 30 3 2014-03-01 Colombia, Philippines, United States Bribery
UN Secretary-General Reports on Piracy and Armed Robbery at Sea off the Coast of Somalia On October 21, 2013, the United Nations Secretary-General (UNS-G) submitted to the Security Council (the Council) his report on the situation with respect to piracy and armed robbery at sea off the... Michael Plachta 30 2 2014-02-01 Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia Maritime
U.S. Indicts Former Mexican Governor of Tamaulipas and Two Former Politicians from Coahuila in Two Different Cases of Corruption and Money Laundering  On November 27, 2013, and December 2, 2013, the Office of the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of Texas announced indictments against former high-level Mexican officials.  On... Bruce Zagaris 30 2 2014-02-01 Mexico, United States Corruption
U.S. Judges Authorize IRS to Issue John Doe Summons for Records of U.S. Taxpayer Accounts at Zurcher Kantonalbank and Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son. Limited and Affiliates On November 7 and 12, 2013, two U.S. District Court judges issued orders authorizing the IRS to issue summons to banks to produce information about U.S. taxpayers who may be evading or have evaded... Bruce Zagaris 30 2 2014-02-01 Switzerland, United States Tax Enforcement
World Bank/UNODC Report Criticizes Foreign Bribery Settlements as Not Helping Developing Countries A report of the Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR)/World Bank/United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime focuses on how the imposition of monetary sanctions through settlements compares to the... Bruce Zagaris 30 2 2014-02-01 OECD Asset Forfeiture, Asset Seizure, Bribery, Corruption
Cambodia Detains Russian Tycoon on Russian Extradition Request   On November 11, 2013, Cambodian law enforcement authorities detained Russian businessman Sergei Polonsky on a Russian extradition warrant with respect to embezzlement charges concerning... Bruce Zagaris 30 2 2014-02-01 Cambodia, Russia Extradition
Swiss Forfeit Siemens Slush Funds On November 12, 2013, the Office of the Attorney General of Switzerland (OAG) announced it had closed the Siemens case concerning the telecommunications sector.  Siemens has established and... Bruce Zagaris 30 2 2014-02-01 Germany, Switzerland Asset Forfeiture, Money Laundering
German Government Task Force will Release List of Gurlitt Works Seized  On November 14, 2013, a German government task force investigating a cache of lost art discovered in the Munich apartment of Cornelius Gurlitt, the elderly son of an art dealer for the Nazis... Bruce Zagaris 30 2 2014-02-01 Germany, Poland Cultural Property
U.S. Offers Reward to Help Dismantle Asian Wildlife-Trafficking Syndicate   On November 13, 2013, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry announced a $1 million reward for information to help dismantle the Xaysavang Network, allegedly one of Asia’s largest wildlife... Bruce Zagaris 30 2 2014-02-01 Kenya, Laos, South Africa, United States Environment, Wildlife, Wildlife Smuggle
UN Security Council Refuses to Defer Kenyan Trials at the International Criminal Court On November 15, 2013, the U.N. Security Council refused to delay (defer – to use the words of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, ICC) trial of Kenya's President Uhuru... Michael Plachta 30 2 2014-02-01 Kenya International Courts, International Crimes, International Criminal Court
EU-U.S. Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting On November 18, 2013, in Washington, D.C., the European Union – United States Justice and Home Affairs Ministerial Meeting took place. Participants to the meeting included European Commission... Michael Plachta 30 2 2014-02-01 European Union, United States Counter-terrorism, EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, European Union, International Cooperation

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